No more bullshat...after seeing Countdown to Tarver Hopkins...whaddaya think?

[Purist]

I think Hopkins is gonna come up to like what Shane Mosley did for Vargas it wasn't his intention to overpower Vargas so he came in at 149

[Puya]

But seriously who of them talk the most shat. I'll say they are both equal.

As for me I would like for B-Hop to lose ala Byrd vs Klystko(however you spell it)

I still just don't believe that OLDH KO. that was like a very bad movie. Rocky make hits looked more real dammit :P

post spell checked

[Hulk]

TONIGHT THEY ARE SHOWING ECHOLS II!!! HOLY SHAT!!! I NEED TO GET HOME!!!

Yeah girl, I just finished watching it and it is even funnier and dirtier than I remembered. I forgot all bout this little gem: Echols complains to the referee, then as Bernard is distracted, pops Bernard right in the kisser, B-hop bein the man he his hits Echols right back.

Probably would have knocked out anyone less. The crowd had no right to boo that fight

That is the same way I felt. If I had seen that slugfest live, I woulda have been on my feet, if I wasn't rollin on the floor from laughter. That was one of Hopkins best fights against one of his most worthy opponents.

[NuthaPug]

The RJJ that Tarver was beating was a fast-fading RJJ.

Hopkins may not be at the top of his game but he's not near as far down the other side of the hill as RJJ. Admittedly he "lost" two fights to Taylor (drew one and lost one closely, actually) and that was not the experience RJJ was having when he was losing. He was looking at the ceiling without having to crane his neck.

So - the fact that Tarver did well by RJJ doesn't mean a whole lot here. What is more to the point here is that Hopkins is, for the first time in a couple decades, stepping out from his accustomed fighting weight. He'll be fighting someone who has been a bigger fighter.

He'll get hit harder; that power will tax him more; his normal start-slow, shine-late approach may not fare well against a power-sapping attack from a bigger fighter. Yes Hopkins has good defense but that has been against folks smaller than Tarver. Will it hold here?

Go Hopkins! He's got the skill, but if he lost as he did to Taylor at his native 160, it is difficult to be confident of the outcome here.

I don't think he had to lose to Taylor, either time. Hopefully he has a different kind of hunger going for him this time out. That would certainly be a factor. Would be nice to watch him put on a punishing clinic and go out with a dazzling victory!

And He did! Hot Damn!

[NuthaPug]

How's come I can't CC myself! Hopkins won! I want to celebrate and I can't CC him!